12.13.2015

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Man Charged With Vincent Chin's Death Seeks Lien Removed, Still Owes Millions: For years, the estate of Vincent Chin has been seeking payment in a wrongful death claim against Ronald Ebens, the man responsible for the fatal beating of Chin. Now Ebens, 70, wants the lien the Chin family's representatives have placed on his residence in Nevada removed, despite still owing the estate more than $8 million.

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Sikhs Feel Vulnerable Amid Anti-Muslim Backlash: Across the U.S., Sikhs and Muslims are banding together to defend their respective religions. Someone bent on harming Muslims wouldn't understand -- or care -- about the distinction between the two faiths, they say, and both also deserve to live in peace.

This Is How #MuslimAmericanFaces Went Viral: To help clear the hazy fog around Muslim-American life, on Wednesday morning, Benjamin Wittes launched the Twitter hashtag #MuslimAmericanFaces, asking people to tweet photos of three Muslims they know, putting real faces to a community that's under fire.

Lack of Asian-American foster parents leads to new outreach: Seeking to make life less traumatic for foster children that are of Asian descent, Los Angeles County is stepping up recruitment of Asian American foster parents, with help from service groups that serve Chinese, Korean and Khmer-speaking communities.

Episode 192: Pagodas and Dragon Gates: For Americans, the sight of pagoda roofs and dragon gates means that you are in Chinatown. Whether in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, or Las Vegas, the chinoiserie look is distinctive. But for those just arriving from China, the Chinatown aesthetic can feel surprisingly foreign.